Bluffton woman is Beaufort County’s 12th coronavirus related death, officials say
Beaufort County’s 12th coronavirus death was a 79-year-old Bluffton woman who died May 4 in Jasper County, the county coroner’s office announced Monday
The woman had multiple other health conditions, Administrative Deputy Coroner Janet Horton said.
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported the death last week but provided no details.
Horton said it took the Coroner’s Office some time to track down the details since the death happened in Jasper County.
One new coronavirus case was reported in Beaufort County Monday for a total of 280, according to a DHEC release.
South Carolina recorded 7,792 cases of coronavirus as of May 11 and 346 deaths.
DHEC reported 15 new deaths. Eleven of the individuals are considered elderly; four were middle aged.
Coronavirus-related deaths
Here are the Beaufort County deaths recorded by the coroner’s office as Monday:
- An 81-year-old Beaufort man who died March 30.
- A 72-year-old Beaufort man who died March 31.
- An 86-year-old Hilton Head Island man who died April 3.
- An 89-year-old Hilton Head woman who died April 4.
- An 83-year-old Lady’s Island woman who died April 7.
- A 75-year-old Bluffton man who died April 9.
- A 71-year-old Hilton Head man who died April 12.
- A 93-year-old Bluffton man who died April 13.
- An 80-year-old Okatie man who died April 19.
- An 80-year-old Yemassee man who died April 23
- An 84-year-old Beaufort man who died April 28
- A 79-year-old Bluffton woman who died May 4.
Cases by ZIP code
Beaufort County could have as many as 1,720 undiagnosed cases, DHEC officials say.
Positive cases are those in which a patient has been tested and diagnosed with coronavirus. Because of a lack of access to testing, state health officials have said that for every one confirmed case, there could be up to nine people who are infected but have not been tested.
DHEC’s totals can have small increases and decreases day to day as officials find discrepancies in the data.
The cases include anyone who has tested positive since the pandemic started. The data also includes those who have recovered or died. According to DHEC, these numbers are current as of May 10.
Coronavirus cases at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island are being reported in the 29902 ZIP code.
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This story was originally published May 11, 2020 at 5:37 PM.